MARC EDMUND JONES
(1888-1980)

The following was written by Gavin Kent McClung in his article,
"A SALUTE TO OUR HERITAGE: What Makes A True Astrologer?"
Dell Horoscope, June, 2000, pp. 66-77. (Portions reprinted
with permission of the editor.)

Marc Edmund Jones was said by Charles Jayne to be "the best
teacher of astrology this country ever produced." Indeed, Jones was a
tireless practitioner, lecturer, and teacher, an exemplar around the world
of living astrology for nearly seventy years. In his old age, many students
who came to astrology under his beneficent tutelage had already passed away
themselves.

Beyond his acute grasp of theoretical astrology, Marc Edmund
Jones was a philosopher of astrology, an occult astrologist who brought
esoteric methods of insight and innovative technique to bear upon the field
in a way that no one had done before--or has done since. Through his many
books on astrological practice and usage, he gave the world a superior
system of counseling and rapid chart reading, and propagated a truly solar
(self-guided, inner-directed) approach that is not yet fully appreciated as
such.

He viewed experience as the basic substance of being, and saw that
through astrology the difficulties of a native's life might be extracted of
their immortal essence, and this essence conserved for use by the native in
meeting the challenges ahead. This, he believed, rather than being a mere
dismissal of troubles, is a true method of healing that can sustain any and
all of us at any time.

Through rigorous application of correct occult
methods, Jones was able to re-formulate the Sabian degree symbols, and
demonstrated their real application in astrology. He founded the
fundamentally occult Sabian Assembly,
a special-studies group in philosophy,
the Bible, and cabala, which...remains at essence what it has always been,
an epitome in the search for effective esoteric and practical healing
methods for solar living.

BIRTH AND DEATH DATA: Rated A by AstroDatabank, Jones' data was
given by him in his book, Sabian Symbols. He was born on October 1, 1888,
at 8:37 AM CST, in St. Louis, MO, 38N37; 90W12. He died on March 5, 1980, in Stanwood, WA at
the age of 91.

For more detail about this important
member of our community, visit The Sabian Assembly's
Memorial Site to Marc Edmund Jones. For a fascinating article by Gavin McClung on the relationship, personal
and professional, between Dane Rudhyar and Marc Edmund Jones, and on the connections
between their work, go to khaldea.com.
You will need to scroll down a bit for the beginning of the article. Carlo Ravin has another
off-site tribute to Jones.

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CREDITS: This web site was created and is maintained by Donna Cunningham
of Word of Mouth Web
Design. Donna created the background from a photo of Jupiter on a clip art disk
by Micrografx. The photos of Marc
Edmund Jones and his book covers are from Astrology Center of America,
which carries copies of many of his books, and from Gavin McClung.